| Deposit ID | 10078894 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W027593 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mountain Ore Bank Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Little Devil's Workshop |
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.2901, 35.26622 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 293 |
| Relative position | 4.3 KM SW OF BESSEMER CITY ATHLETIC FIELD; MINE LOCATION NOT EXACT |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Gaston(county)
North Carolina(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bessemer City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Gastonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Charlotte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Catawba(hydrologic unit)
Santee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Edisto-Santee(hydrologic subregion)
South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | North Carolina | Gaston |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Result | SEVERAL ANALYSES SHOW IN PERCENT, MAXIMUMS OF FE 86.66 , MNO 5.12 , CAO 0.37 , MGO 2.23 , ALO 0.44 , P 0.005 , S 0.11 , SI 4.47 |
|---|
| (1) | -81.2901, 35.26622 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northnortheast |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 37 E |
| Dip | 70 NW |
| Thickness | 8.1M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1800 |
| Year of first production | 1800 |
| District name | Kings Mountain District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 40M |
| Overall depth | 18M |
| Overall length | 74.07M |
| Overall width | 3M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W027593 |
KERR, 1893 , NITZE, 1893
NITZE, H. B. C., 1893 , IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1 , TEXT 239 P., MINE TEXT P. 102 - 104
KERR, W. C., AND HANNA, G. B., 1893 , ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT VOL. 2 , TEXT P. 125 - 359 , MINE TEXT P. 163 , 164
MINE IN BESSEMER CITY TOPO QUAD AT 1:24,000
1893 RECON KERR, N. C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS
1893 RECON NITZE, N.C. STATE, MINE DESCRIPTIONS
KERR, 1893
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FIBROUS LIMONITE VEIN WITH QUARTZ VEINS; NITZE CONSIDERS DEPOSIT SIDERITE VEIN OXIDIZED TO HEMATITE TO LIMONITE; NO SIDERITE SEEN |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1977 | Whitlow, Jesse W. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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